Nikki Craft's full open letter to John Kyff, legal advisor to the Naturist Leadership Council, circulated to all NLC members on November 25, 1987 — the origin point of a conflict this archive has otherwise only documented from its later stages. The letter answers Kyff's threats of legal action point by point, quotes his own harsher language against Michelle Handler back at him, catches him on the record admitting "I am a gawker," and quotes Lee Baxandall's own strongly pro-feminist position from a separate letter to prove Kyff had no ally in him. The letter combines a forensic takedown of one man's conduct with a full statement of feminist political theory. Predates and is distinct from the January 1988 retraction demand ("Craft Wins, Nudists Lose") already published elsewhere in this archive.

Keywords: Nikki Craft, John Kyff, Naturist Leadership Council, Michelle Handler, Lee Baxandall, Katherine MacKinnon, feminist theory, naturist movement, Penthouse, sexism

Series: Primary Source Documents

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